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EtherCAT data output
Usage steps for setting up the EtherCAT data output :
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Demonstration
Description
1
1. The data output list will be
shown when clicking the
"EtherCAT write only".
2. Click "value" column of the
variable need to be outputted to
enable the editor. (Take Float
variable as an example)
2
1. Input a value by using the
pop-up keyboard of editor;
2. Click "
√
" to confirm after
value input was finished.
3
1. After the variable value
rewriting was confirmed, the
new value will be displayed in
the monitoring interface.
EtherCAT Protocols
Currently, the robot only supports the EtherCAT protocol. But users can switch to
other protocols such as CCLink etc., by through the EtherCAT protocol. EtherCAT
function mainly includes two sections, the data receiving end and the data sending
end, which severally has 64 pieces of BOOL type, 6 pieces of Int type and 24 pieces
of Float type data ports. Users can read and write the PLC data from the master
station by teaching pendant programming.